Clothes-line reel



( Model.)

I AMUNDSON.

CLOTHES LINE REEL. N0. 574,870-. Patented Jan. 12,1897 la INVENTORATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY O. AMUNDSON, OF CLEAR LAKE, SOUTH DAKOTA.

CLOTHES-LINE REEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 574,870, dated January12, 1897.

Application filed April 1, 1896. Serial No. 585,706. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY O. AMUNDSON, a citizen of the United States,and aresident of Clear Lake, in the county of Deuel and State of SouthDakota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inClothes-Line Reels, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a cheap and practicalclothes-line reel whereby the line may be wound up and protected whennot in use and whereby the slack of the line may be readily taken upwhen in use; and to this end my invention consists of theconstruction,arrangement, and combination of parts, all as hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, to which reference is made, and which forma part of this specification, Figure 1 is a sectional elevation showingmy invention secured to a building or other support in position for use.Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional elevation of the same, taken on line 0o00 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is a side view of the device.

A represents a main frame or casing made of metal (sheet metalpreferred) and formed of the side pieces Ct at and the curved top andfront I). The edges of the top I) and sides a a are formed with. aflange c, by which the device may be secured by nails or screws cl to apost, the side of a building 13, or other suitable support.

0 represents a crank-shaft journaled in openings in the sides a a, so asto constitute a reel to which the line D is secured, and on which it maybe Wound up within the casing, and by which the line may be drawn tautand all slack taken up. The line plays through a slot D in the front ofthe casing. Around each of the journals of the shaft 0 is formed adepression or cup f, at the margin of which are formed V-shaped lugs g,as shown clearly in Figs. 1 and 3, and on the end 'of the shaft O iskeyed a disk E, which is formed with marginal recesses or notches h toreceive and engage with the lugs g for locking the shaft 0 againstrotation. The shaft 0 is adapted to be moved longitudinally in itsbearings, so that the disk E, by such movement, may be moved out ofengagement with the lugs g, as shown in Fig. 2, or moved into engagementtherewith, as shown in Fig. 3.

In reeling the line either out or in the shaft 0 will be moved to theposition shown in Fig. 2, which permits the shaft to be revolved forwinding up or paying out the line, and when this is done the shaft 0 hassimply to be moved back longitudinally to place to cause the disk E toengage the lugs g, whereupon the shaft will be firmly locked, so that itwill firmly hold the line.

The disk E may be removed from the shaft 0 by removing pin h, so thatthe shaft may be drawn out of its bearings and reversed to bring thecrank O of the shaft upon the opposite side of the casing to suit thesituation in which the device is to be placed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

As a new article of manufacture a clothesline reel comprising a top orcover, flanged side pieces, a crank-shaft journaled in said side piecesand a notched disk keyed on said shaft, the said side pieces beingprovided with recesses and marginal lugs, substantially as described.

HENRY O. AMUNDSON. lVitnesses:

J A. THRONSON, OLE BLEGSTAD.

